Creating Apple Loops

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Apple Loops are useful when you are beginning to record, but many artists like to use their own loops instead of pulling from the Logic Pro library. You can create and add your own loops to any track in order to create an original sound. This online tutorial teaches you how to turn any regular audio file into an Apple Loop for use in your Logic Pro tracks.

Apple Loops sound great, but some artists and composers find…it limiting to only use loops from the Logic library.…In this movie we'll learn how to make any regular audio…file into an apple loop that searchable in Logic's loop browser.…So here's a project we've been working on.…We're going to add a sound from the Browser menu on the right.…Let me open it up, and notice it's defaulting…to the groove bin folder where we have some sounds.…I want to just check out this dope beat 2 bar.…So I'm going to…click on it and click the speaker button to audition.…(MUSIC)…So that might be a nice beat to add to our song.…

Let's try to add it.…I'm going to just take it from here.…And I'm going to drag it is Position 1, 1, 1, 1, beginning of our song.…Logic makes a new track for it named after the region.…And I can see this is a stereo region. It got a double circle.…But comparing that to the single loop of the upright funk…base, we can already tell there's something a little different here.…Let's hear what it sounds like…with the song.…

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9/30/2013

These days, the studio is as much a part of music making as the musician. Logic Pro X combines the best of both worlds: features to bring fresh musical ideas to life, and tools to derive the most from a performance. In this course, Scott Hirsch takes you over the Logic learning curve, showing how to compose, record, edit, and mix great sounding tracks. First, get comfortable with the setup and workflow, and then learn how to record audio, MIDI, and virtual instruments. Scott shows how to use samples and Apple Loops, and conform their time and pitch to better fit a song. Next, learn about editing and arranging techniques for both audio and MIDI data. Moving deeper into the program, Scott explains how to work with music notation and score to video. He wraps up the course with extensive information on mixing, exporting, and sharing your final tracks.